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0M HANGER. 4 1 N0. 421,683. Patented Feb. 18, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN F. DRAPER, OF PLATTEVILLE, l/VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T JOHN G. LIN STROM OF SAME PLAGE.

BROOM-HANGERQ SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 421,683: datecl February 18, 1890.

Applicanion filed August 1 5 1 8 89 T0 all whom it may conoern:

Be it known that I, J OHNF. DRAPER, a eilizen 0f the United States, and resident 0f Platteville, in the county of Grant and Stafe 5 of Wisconsin, have invented eertain new and useful1mprovements in Broom-Hangers; and

I d0 hereby declare tha the follovving.is a

full, clear, and exa0t description of the invention, whieh Will enable others skilled in 10 the art to Whi0h it appertains t0 n1ake and use the same.

My invention has relation t0 broom-hangers; and it consists in the construction and novel combinati0n of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed ou in the claims. v

In the accompanying drawings, fonning part of this speeification, in which like letters 0f reference indicate corresponding parts,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective 0f the upper end 0f a broom-handle provided With my improved broom-hanger, showing thepivoted hanger-ring in the extended 01 disclosed positionwhereby the broon1 is adapted to be suspended fron1 a nail 01 hook driven in the Wall 01 other place for the purpose. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken through the shouldered broo1n-handle 0n the line of the ringpivot, showing also the laterally-projeeting V lip 011 the peripheral projeeoion of the suspending-ring of the broom-hanger; and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the broom-hanger, showing the pivoted ring turned in, showing also the laterally-projeeting fiange on the suspending-ring, and Showing also the seat f01 the reception 0f said laterally-projecoing flange when the said suspending-ring is in the closed position and out of nse f0r suspensatory purposes. Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the broom-handle, although it may represent the handle of any implement (hat is designed to be suspended in order to preserve i1: in any manher to prevent it becoming lost, broken, misshapen, 01' otherwise injured by improper care when not in use.

The upper end 0f the handle A1's cut away ab 0ne side t0 form a shoulder B,and the lon- Serial N0. 320,841. (N0 model.)

gitudinal Wall or face 0f the ent-away porbion, as ab O, is made slightly coneave, and the lower Wall 01 bearing D being made at a right angle to thelongitudinzul middle line 0f the handle of the broom or other implemeno'.

This eonfiguration forms a seat F at the end A 0f the handle, in which is seeured a metal casting G, which fits in the shouldered porti0n 0f the handle A and is secured in place by the laterally-inserted screw H, which forms the bearing f01 the hinged'flanged suspending-ring I, which when elosed is received within a bifurcation 01 recess K near the inner side 0f the easting, the laterally-projecting flange L 011 the peripheral projection 0f the ring I being received wiohin a seat M at the lower end 0f the recess K so that the broo1n 01 other implement may be used Wh- 0ut the user having [0 eonie in contaet with the suspension-ring. When the ringis closed within its recess, it is out 0f the way. 7

The device is exceedingly simple, can be applied 1:0 the handle 0f any broom or orher implement having a similar handle, and is, furthermore, quite inexpensive.

Havlng thus f'u1ly described my invention, wht I claim as new, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A broom-hanger consisting of a bifurcated casting and a suspending-ring hinged therein and adapted t 0 close within said bifurcation, said casting being adapted to attaeh a broom 01 other similar handle, substantially as and for the purpose sei; forth.

2. The combination 0f a broorn-handle cut away, a5 shown, a bifumated 01 slotced cast ing, a suspending-ring provided with a p e-. ripheral flange, a screw adapted to ach as a pivot 01 hinge f0r said ring and c0 fasten said casting to said handle, substantially as shown. 0

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my 0Wn I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenee 0f two witnesses.

- JOHN F. DRAPER.

\Viignessesz J N0. R. LYNCH, CHAS. MERRY. 

